Kirill Dmitriev has said the transcript of his supposed conversation published by the US media is false
Russia’s investment envoy and negotiator on Ukraine, Kirill Dmitriev, has said that the transcript of his alleged phone call published by Bloomberg is false.
On Tuesday, Bloomberg claimed it had obtained a recording of Dmitriev’s short conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s aide Yury Ushakov on October 29. The publication did not release the audio but posted the transcript in Russian and English.
Commenting on the story on X, Dmitriev wrote “fake.” He has previously accused Western media of spreading disinformation in an attempt to derail US President Donald Trump’s efforts to mediate peace between Russia and Ukraine.
In Bloomberg’s transcript, a person labelled as “Dmitriev” is shown saying he would “make this paper from our position” and “informally pass it along.”
Last week, the White House confirmed that it had drafted a peace plan, which critics in the US and EU said favored Russia’s terms. The EU has since presented a counterproposal, while American and Ukrainian officials met on Sunday to further discuss Trump’s draft.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Tuesday that the draft was leaked to create “media hype” aimed at undermining US President Donald Trump’s mediation efforts.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov described the public speculation about the negotiations’ details as “a travesty,” adding that Moscow “does not engage in megaphone diplomacy.”
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